Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Architecture
Intelfuse | Richmond, VIC | Full-time
Shape the next generation of a geospatial platform, as our first senior engineering hire.
Intelfuse builds datafuse3D, a cloud-based platform for LiDAR processing, 3D modelling, utility asset and vegetation analysis, clearance calculations and customer reporting. It’s live, it’s used in real project delivery, and it’s ready for its next phase.
We’re building a new development team, and you’ll be the first senior engineer in it. You’ll get to know the platform inside out, set its technical direction, and help hire the specialists who’ll scale it.
What you’ll do
Own production support for datafuse3D: investigate defects, failed jobs, deployment issues and incidents, and turn recurring problems into permanent fixes.
Review the full platform, including code, databases, AWS environments, deployment and workflows, and compare it against existing documentation.
Identify the biggest constraints on scale, cost, reliability and delivery speed.
Build a prioritised 24-month technical roadmap that sets out what to keep, refactor, replace or defer.
Contribute hands-on to backend, platform and integration work, and make pragmatic architecture decisions.
Set engineering standards for code review, testing, CI/CD, monitoring and releases.
Help recruit and onboard LiDAR/C++, PostgreSQL, front-end/3D and AWS/DevOps specialists.
Introduce AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly, with IP and customer data protected.
Our stack
Java/Spring, REST, WebSockets · JavaScript, Three.js · LAS/LAZ point clouds and GIS · PostgreSQL, PostGIS, pgPointCloud · AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, SQS, CloudFront, CloudFormation and more), Docker, Linux
You don’t need to be an expert in all of it. We want someone who can work across a mature mixed stack and knows where specialist depth is needed.
What you’ll bring
5+ years of commercial software engineering, including supporting production systems
Strong backend skills and confidence working in unfamiliar or legacy codebases
Experience turning technical debt into a practical improvement roadmap
Cloud experience (ideally AWS), including containerised workloads
Strong SQL and relational database skills (PostgreSQL or spatial data is a big plus)
Solid grounding in automated testing, CI/CD and controlled releases
The ability to explain trade-offs clearly and balance quality with delivery, budget and timing
Highly regarded:
geospatial, LiDAR, utilities or remote-sensing experience; PostGIS or large spatial datasets; Java/Spring, Python or C++; modernising a live product; hiring and assessing engineers; AI/ML-enabled workflows.
Why join us
Real influence from day one.
You’ll shape the architecture, the standards and the team.
Meaningful work.
The platform supports utility asset management and vegetation safety.
Room to grow.
This is a hands-on IC role to start, with a clear path to Engineering Lead or Head of Software Development as the team scales.
If you enjoy making sense of complex systems and making them better, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now.
Note: You must be based in Melbourne to apply.
Apply via LinkedIn, or send your CV and cover letter to
[email protected]
with the subject line
“Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Architecture”
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If you’ve worked on a platform review, modernisation, or a geospatial/LiDAR system, tell us about it in your cover letter. We’d love to hear what you did.